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    Posted: July 20 2010 at 22:57
Does anyone know of any lavishly illustrated huge coffee table Prog Books - the type that you
sit on a coffee tale and people picjk and gawk at - usually lavishly illustrated and large hard cover format
 
I discovered this treasure - massive with heaps of colour illustrations on Genesis
 

Genesis:

Chapter and Verse
The long-awaited, definitive story of one of the most creative and commercial rock groups of all time, Genesis One of the most imaginative, courageous, and unpredictable music acts ever, Genesis evolved from pioneers of progressive music in the 1970s to a global phenomenon, topping charts and selling over 150 million albums worldwide. The story of their band spans thirty years and thirty albums, and through all the changes in the band's line-up and musical direction, the spirit of Genesis has remained constant and undimmed. Genesis: Chapter & Verseis the ultimate addition to any fan's collection, setting the record straight as the band's members tell their story their way. Remarkably, the band survived the high-profile departure of not one lead vocalist, but two (Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins), two influential guitarists (Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett), and its best-known drummer (Phil Collins). Genesis simply got stronger and bigger matching the huge solo success of Gabriel, Collins, and Mike + The Mechanics. A collaboration between all the members of Genesis, past and present,Genesis: Chapter and Verseis the band's definitive autobiography: an intimate
 
 
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that's a great book.  love the early photos when they still had Ant in the group. 

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scanned pages from Genesis Chapter and verse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The only prog-related one I can think of is Roger Dean's Views.
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Nick Mason's book on Pink Floyd - Inside Out - is a coffee table-style tome and very nice to look at with lavish illustrations. Mason is quite a witty and entertaining writer with his reminiscences about the band's history, though you don't get to hear too much about the inspiration for the music - Mason didn't write much of it after all.
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Mind Over Matter: The Images of Pink Floyd
 
 
Storm Thorgeson tells us how alot of the Pink Floyd artwork came to be, it has some of Hipgnosis' most beautiful work in it.
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Then there are heaps of album cover art books published in the late 80's/90's, e.g. edited by Storm Thorgeson, including books on Hipnosis, Roger Dean, simply "great album covers" and then a few devoted to individual artists who painted artwork predominantly for science fiction novels and the occasional album commission, e.g. Christopher Foss (sp). Again vague memories but was the publishing house for several of these Dragon's Eye?
 
I must admit those books devoted to a 1000... e.g. albums, classical albums, album covers, places to see etc., are considered as coffee table books in this house.
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I prefer my books on shelves than on the livingroom coffee table (less dust and no light discolouringTongue).
 
The ones I used most are my references (Borderline books mainly Jouynson and Asbjornssen), but lately the french editor Le Mot Et Le Reste has released a bunch of excellent books on music.
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Roger Dean's book released around 1976/7. It is a big bugger but makes for great perusing as all his finest vinyl artwork had been done by then.
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Man, I'm glad none of my prog coffee table books were on the table when the house flooded.  I did lose some good non-music books though.  One that does come to mind is a Kate Bush fanboy book.  She is rather photogenic.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Man, I'm glad none of my prog coffee table books were on the table when the house flooded.  I did lose some good non-music books though.  One that does come to mind is a Kate Bush fanboy book.  She is rather photogenic.


This has my vote as THE understatement of the 21st century so farLOL
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^ Seconded!!!
 
I think Kate would still look great even if she was dragged through a hedgerow backwards
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You guys are as hot for Kate as me and Finnforest... LOL
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Julian  Cope's "Krautrock Sampler" has some nice pics of the cover art of classic Krautrock albums, but for some reason the book is TINY,  at least the version I have read. What a shame.

 
 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches according to Amazon (tm)
 
 


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What about Rick Wakeman's Grumpy old rock star or Keith Emerson's Pictures Of An Exhibitionist. Both are hilarious. I think Ian Anderson is currently writing a book as well.
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Points: 864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2010 at 12:06
Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

 
Yeah, this was the bible for me in high school back in the late 70's/early 80's. When we wrote our VdGG book decades later, everything came full circle when I got to interview Armando, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins. Never dreamed I'd interview those three, especially the author Gallo, who introduced me to VdGG in the first place by mentioning them throughout the first parts of his book
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Points: 739 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2010 at 06:38
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Man, I'm glad none of my prog coffee table books were on the table when the house flooded.  I did lose some good non-music books though.  One that does come to mind is a Kate Bush fanboy book.  She is rather photogenic.


This has my vote as THE understatement of the 21st century so farLOL
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Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

or Keith Emerson's Pictures Of An Exhibitionist. 
That is a good read!
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